Me Myself I

Pronouns She/Her/Hey/You Getting older slowly (1960's), born odd, and didn't fit in as a young child. Kept my feelings quiet as a child for fear of being sent to an asylum or a prison. I Later found out it is called trans and that I wasn't the only person on the planet like me. And that was long before the internet. So I still had no one to talk to about trans. Society thought it was a medical condition. I thought society had the condition and not me and that was my dysphoria, my non conformity. Fighting the stupid bigotry in society to make a little space for me to be myself and also to enjoy all parts of life and not focus only on trans (and for others to have that freedom too).

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[vollesroah]

UK Librarians under pressure to remove books

So, it isn't just in the US, UK librarians are being asked, if not forced to remove books that others find inacceptable. Link below.

The UK had enough years of conservative prudery, so much so that there was even a comedy show, the Mary Whitehouse Experience. Remember that ? It sounds like the conservative right has taken heart from the successes in the Fascist Regime Formerly Known as America.

That, and there are probably slush monies funding them too.

So, to the handful of readers of this blog, are librarians in other european countries under attack by the Righteous and Prude ?

Answers in the comments are welcome, preferably with links..

Librarian told to pull "upsetting" books—what happened next "ruined her career"

A librarian refused to pull books the school called "upsetting," and it ruined her career.

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[liberalsarecool]

This Pope is not staying silent on Trump's Epstein War. #SundaySermon #PopeLeo

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Pirna, Germany 1920s

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Perfect movie lighting. You just know something's going to happen.

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London

[vollesroah]

A reason to visit London again.

[vollesroah]

Trans-Extinction (again)

So, another attempt to push trans people out of any role in society.

The logic is simple: females with a problem should only be represented by females that have experienced same condition.

Well, so a female charged with femicide shall only be represented by a female barrister that has also been accused of femicide ?

This simple logic is wrong and impracticable.

So here's the story.

An authoress with endometriosis is unhappy at a trans woman representing an endometrisosis charity.

The necessary qualification should surely be that of gaining publicity for a charity, not having been a sufferer themself. Pathos is not the only argument.

Here's a link to an infamous conservative portal carrying the story:

Fury they say. Made up bile, I say.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15670053/fury-trans-woman-appointed-endometriosis-charity-genders.html

[vollesroah]

We are all Spacemen

So, let me get this straight -

99.999 % of the world's population is to be removed from the world's economies by losing their jobs and having no income to purchase products - like food.

The billionaires don't make any suggestions on how the 99.999 % will survive and vote through sponsoring politicians to keep the governments so small that they can't afford to support their peoples.

All we need is AI.

Except on Mars.

That is the one place where artificial intelligence and robots that currently roam Mars should have no place. Everything should be done by sending the unemployed up in space rockets to cultivate the place by hand.

Any one notice that that is BS - Billionaire S***?

[hope-for-the-planet]

Scotland becomes first UK nation to mandate swift bricks in all new homes | The Optimist Daily

Scotland will require swift bricks in all new buildings to help endangered birds, setting a UK precedent for protecting swifts and boosting

From the article:

In a landmark win for wildlife lovers and conservationists, Scotland will now require swift bricks to be installed in all new buildings, a move aimed at reversing the steep decline of swifts and other endangered cavity-nesting birds. Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) voted to support an amendment by Scottish Green MSP Mark Ruskell, making the bird-friendly bricks mandatory in all new dwellings where “reasonably practical and appropriate.” The law positions Scotland at the forefront of UK efforts to support threatened urban bird species. “Swifts join our communities every summer, but they are becoming rarer everywhere,” Ruskell said. “I’m looking forward to seeing every new building in Scotland host a family of swifts in the future.”

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A new idea that doesn't really cost anything.

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Historians estimate that only 0.5% of recorded history is about women.

-Despite being 50% of the population. The women existed, their stories existed but countless men decided they did not belong in the books, or would write them as a man instead.

forget Alexandria, imagine what the lost 99.5% of recorded history looks like.

Why are women written out of history? An interview with historian Bettany Hughes

"Cleopatra was a poet and a philosopher, she was incredibly good at maths  but when we think of her, we think: big breasted seductress bathi

Women’s stories only make up half a per cent of recorded history: Let's change this by putting 70 extraordinary women in a new book – Rosaly

Rosalyn Ball is an engagement and equality specialist, speaker and author, who is currently working in the civil service on [...]Read More..

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Now that most people in Western society know how to read and write it doesn't have to be like this anymore. If every woman took it upon herself to write an autobiography, or a family history, no matter how small... even if most of those documents ended up in the trash enough of them would be preserved for future historians to be able to use them.

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Your diary or journal or even your blog is primary documentation of the lives we’re currently living here and now as 21st century women. no matter how lame or boring or poorly written you may feel your thoughts and reflections are, to some future historian they are a treasure trove of insight into our minds and lives.

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Historians are gonna love me.

[vollesroah]

Nice linked articles.

History was always about the 1%, the alpha male, the king, the emperor or general. The few queens made it too but the cobblers, bakers or candlestick makers ? We find out a few bits of data from old bills but what else is there ?. The women weren't even that empowered and were plain invisible. Only the very, very few, Abbesses or so got a mention. It wasn't until painters started to paint "ordinary" people a few hundred years ago that we had any idea that they had existed too. So definitely, women should do good things and talk about them.

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Pößneck, Germany 1920s

[vollesroah]

One thing I like about Germany is some of its over the top archietctural details. I just checked - it's still there !

Pößneck - Thüringen

Pößneck liegt inmitten einer reizvollen Landschaft in Thüringen: im Süden das Thüringer Schiefergebirge mit den Saale-Stauseen, im Norden di

Another place I will visit someday.

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China Starts Sea Trials for Largest Electric-Powered Containership

China’s first 10,000-ton electric containership is beginning sea trials. The shipyard is billing the ship as the largest of its kind and a f

From the article:

China’s first 10,000-ton electric containership is beginning sea trials. The shipyard is billing the ship as the largest of its kind and a further breakthrough in short-sea shipping. The Ning Yuan Dian Kun was launched in September 2025 and has completed its outfitting, berth tests, and mooring trials. The ship set out from its builders, Jiangxi Jiangxin Shipbuilding, on February 1. It will be off Shanghai, undergoing its trials between February 6 and 13. They plan to assess the battery power supply as well as propulsion performance during the sea trials. They will also be testing the ship’s autonomous navigation systems. [...] The power system uses 10 containerized batteries capable of generating up to 19,000 KWh. The batteries will drive two 875 KW permanent magnet propulsion motors, and it will be possible to either recharge the batteries using high-voltage shore connections or quickly swap the batteries for charged batteries. In addition, the vessel has photovoltaic power cells to provide additional power.

[vollesroah]

Nice, batteries in containers can be swapped quickly and can be removed if they catch fire. Good engineering.

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What a scared piece of shit. The vainglorious douchebag Secretary of War is the tiniest of men. He is paid by our tax dollars, he should not be able to avoid explaining his failing war and how Iran is a much more formidable country that he thought.

Guess what, Pete? You are an empty moron who kicked out the best military leaders and pushed bullshit DEI smears to force the most qualified women out of leadership.

Now you get to be judged. Your biggest fear is now reality. You are a clown. A scared, dumb clown.

[vollesroah]

Nice, understated post.

Pete is just another media anchor for the Project 2025 Backroom Billionaires.

Reminds me of Max Headroom too. Only he was funny funny.

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